4th Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry Workshop

Feb 2, 2026, 8:00 AM → Feb 4, 2026, 6:30 PM Europe/Madrid

Poster_TVLBAI_Workshop_2026.pdf

Mon, February 2

10:30 AM → 11:30 AM Registration

11:30 AM → 12:30 PM Session: Welcome and Introduction

11:30 AM Welcome from the Local Organizers

11:40 AM Introduction from the TVLBAI Chair

12:30 PM → 3:00 PM Lunch Break

3:00 PM → 5:00 PM Session: Science

Convener: Dr Albert Roura (German Aerospace Center (DLR))

3:00 PM Gravitational waves

3:30 PM Dark matter

4:00 PM Metrology & Tests of GR and QM

4:30 PM Synergies with laser interferometers

5:00 PM → 5:30 PM Coffee Break

5:30 PM → 6:30 PM Session: WP1 Scientific Foundations and Physics Goals

Conveners: Enno Giese, Peter Millington (University of Manchester)

5:30 PM → 6:30 PM Session: WP2 Advanced Atom Interferometry Techniques

Conveners: Samuel Lellouch, Tiffany Harte

5:30 PM → 6:30 PM Session: WP3 Site Options and Engineering & Infrastructure

Conveners: Lucas Lombriser (University of Geneva), Maurits van der Grinten (RAL)

Tue, February 3

9:00 AM → 11:00 AM Session: Long-Baseline Atom Interferometers

Conveners: Dr Charles Baynham (Imperial College London), Dr Michael Werner (Institute Of Quantum Optics Hannover)

9:00 AM AION/AICE

9:20 AM ELGAR

9:40 AM MAGIS

10:00 AM MIGA

10:20 AM VLBAI

10:40 AM ZAIGA

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Coffee Break

11:30 AM → 12:30 PM Session: WP4 Network Integration and Synergies

11:30 AM → 12:30 PM Session: WP5 Data Analysis and Interpretation

Conveners: Christopher McCabe (King's College London), ROSA POGGIANI

11:30 AM → 12:30 PM Session: WP6 Community Building and Outreach

Conveners: Dr Fabio Di Pumpo, Marilu Chiofalo

12:30 PM → 3:00 PM Lunch Break

3:00 PM → 5:00 PM Lab Tours: Visit to Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc

3:00 PM → 5:00 PM Lab Tours: Visit to Rioseta Shaft and Somport Railroad Tunnel

5:00 PM → 5:30 PM Coffee break

5:30 PM → 7:00 PM Poster Session & Drinks

Wed, February 4

9:00 AM → 11:00 AM Session: Technology

Conveners: Alexandre Gauguet, Richard Hobson

9:00 AM Sources

9:30 AM Large Momentum Transfer

10:00 AM Squeezing

10:30 AM Space

11:00 AM → 11:30 AM Coffee Break

11:30 AM → 12:30 PM Session: Report from Work Package (WP) Sessions

11:30 AM WP1 Scientific Foundations and Physics Goals

11:40 AM WP2 Advanced Atom Interferometry Techniques

11:50 AM WP3 Site Options and Engineering & Infrastructure

12:00 PM WP4 Network Integration and Synergies

12:10 PM WP5 Data Analysis and Interpretation

12:20 PM WP6 Community Building and Outreach

12:30 PM → 12:40 PM Session: Closing Remarks

12:40 PM → 3:00 PM Lunch Break

3:00 PM → 5:00 PM Lab Tours: Visit to Laboratorio Subterraneo de Canfranc

3:00 PM → 5:00 PM Lab Tours: Visit to Rioseta Shaft and Somport Railroad Tunnel